Course: Social policy

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Course title Social policy
Course code KSA/SPO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klimentová Eva, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. General characteristics of social policy. 2. State functions fulfilled through social policy. 3. Definition of the most important terms of social policy. 4. Relationship between social policy and other sciences. 5. Functions of social policy. 6. Tools of social policy. 7. Agents of social policy. 8. Social policy doctrines, types (models) of social policy. 9. Principles of social policy. 10. Poverty. 11. Social policy development, overview of the social policy in the Czech countries. 12. Social state - the introduction.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the students into the issue of social policy not only as a scientific discipline but mainly as a branch of practical activities influencing everyday lives of the citizens of modern states. Disquisitional orientation in the field is provided by introduction into the past and the present of social policy in welfare states, its objective and purposes, principles, aspects, agents, tools.
Students have knowledge of the basic definitions of social policy. Students have knowledge of the the basic concepts and terms of social policy. Students can name and describe the basic functions of social policy, its actors and instruments. Students can identify the basic types of social policy. Students have knowledge of possible definitions of poverty as a basic social-political concept. Students are able to critically evaluate various definitions of social policy. Student are able to appropriately use the terminology of social policy to describe particular social-political measures. Student can express the basic context of poverty. Student knows possible definitions of poverty as a basic social political concept. Student knows basic periods of social policy development in the world and in the region of nowadays Czech republic. Student understands the term social state and knows the connections, characteristics and types.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

Povinná prezenční účast ve výuce (1+1). Povolená absence 25% docházky. Disciplína je zakončena písemným testem, otázky pokrývají probrané učivo.
Recommended literature
  • Brdek, M., Jírová, H., & Krebs, V. (2002). Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: ASPI.
  • Castle-Kaněrová, M., & Kotous, J. (1995). Sociální politika v evropských zemích: sborník učebních textů. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Keller, J. (1995). Až na dno blahobytu. Brno: Hnutí Duha.
  • Klimentová, Eva. (2013). Sociální politika pro sociální pracovníky II.. Olomouc: VUP.
  • Klimentová, Eva. (2013). Sociální politika pro sociální pracovníky I.. Olomouc: VUP.
  • Potůček, M. (1999). Křižovatky české sociální reformy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Tomeš I. (1996). Sociální politika, teorie a mezinárodní zkušenost. Praha Socioklub.
  • Tomeš, I. (2010). Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha: Portál.
  • Večeřa, M. (1996). Sociální stát: východiska a přístupy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (2019) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (2019) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Andragogy (2019) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -